Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted

Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted
Category	Job openings			Hires			Total separations
Category	Aug. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)	Aug. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)	Aug. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)
LEVELS BY INDUSTRY (in thousands)

Total	6,919	7,335	7,079	5,145	5,146	5,192	5,207	5,128	5,070
Total private	6,199	6,562	6,348	4,851	4,847	4,846	4,864	4,785	4,761
Mining and logging	21	24	25	21	21	24	22	23	21
Construction	213	299	251	336	358	308	351	315	272
Manufacturing	416	576	522	299	293	332	303	284	311
Durable goods	252	423	380	165	179	188	166	161	162
Nondurable goods	165	153	142	134	114	145	136	124	149
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,140	1,244	1,287	949	1,096	1,085	947	1,103	1,102
Wholesale trade	193	224	188	130	159	171	136	167	168
Retail trade	609	707	761	562	663	667	545	662	678
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	339	314	338	258	273	247	266	274	256
Information	141	78	123	69	62	44	74	70	68
Financial activities	334	399	403	195	164	164	216	176	169
Finance and insurance	242	304	353	137	109	110	154	120	122
Real estate and rental and leasing	91	95	50	58	55	54	61	56	47
Professional and business services	1,095	1,305	1,186	1,037	899	935	1,086	908	917
Private education and health services	1,512	1,585	1,484	807	790	810	780	789	813
Private educational services	146	111	125	94	95	108	95	93	106
Health care and social assistance	1,366	1,474	1,359	713	695	703	685	696	707
Leisure and hospitality	1,050	768	829	943	915	905	897	893	851
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	108	115	116	164	147	155	144	147	149
Accommodation and food services	942	653	713	779	767	750	753	746	702
Other services	277	283	238	195	250	238	188	223	238
Government	720	773	731	294	299	346	343	343	309
Federal	68	97	113	22	25	26	40	32	32
State and local	652	676	618	272	274	320	302	312	277
State and local education	235	239	228	131	134	158	142	158	128
State and local, excluding education	417	437	390	142	140	162	161	154	149



RATES BY INDUSTRY (percent)

Total	4.2	4.4	4.3	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2
Total private	4.4	4.6	4.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5
Mining and logging	3.4	3.8	4.0	3.4	3.5	3.9	3.7	3.8	3.5
Construction	2.5	3.5	2.9	4.1	4.3	3.7	4.3	3.8	3.2
Manufacturing	3.2	4.4	4.0	2.4	2.3	2.6	2.4	2.3	2.5
Durable goods	3.1	5.1	4.6	2.1	2.3	2.4	2.1	2.0	2.0
Nondurable goods	3.3	3.1	2.9	2.8	2.4	3.0	2.8	2.6	3.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities	3.8	4.1	4.3	3.3	3.8	3.8	3.3	3.8	3.8
Wholesale trade	3.1	3.6	3.0	2.1	2.6	2.8	2.3	2.8	2.8
Retail trade	3.8	4.4	4.7	3.6	4.3	4.3	3.5	4.3	4.4
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	4.5	4.2	4.5	3.6	3.8	3.4	3.7	3.8	3.5
Information	4.7	2.8	4.3	2.4	2.2	1.6	2.6	2.5	2.5
Financial activities	3.5	4.2	4.2	2.1	1.8	1.8	2.3	1.9	1.9
Finance and insurance	3.5	4.4	5.0	2.0	1.6	1.7	2.3	1.8	1.8
Real estate and rental and leasing	3.6	3.7	2.0	2.4	2.3	2.2	2.5	2.3	1.9
Professional and business services	4.7	5.5	5.0	4.6	4.0	4.2	4.9	4.0	4.1
Private education and health services	5.2	5.4	5.0	2.9	2.8	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.9
Private educational services	3.5	2.7	3.0	2.3	2.3	2.7	2.3	2.3	2.6
Health care and social assistance	5.5	5.8	5.4	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0
Leisure and hospitality	5.9	4.3	4.7	5.6	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.0
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	3.8	4.2	4.2	6.1	5.5	5.9	5.3	5.6	5.6
Accommodation and food services	6.2	4.4	4.7	5.5	5.4	5.2	5.3	5.2	4.9
Other services	4.4	4.5	3.8	3.2	4.1	4.0	3.1	3.7	3.9
Government	3.0	3.2	3.0	1.3	1.3	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.3
Federal	2.3	3.5	4.0	0.8	0.9	1.0	1.4	1.2	1.2
State and local	3.1	3.2	2.9	1.3	1.3	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.3
State and local education	2.1	2.2	2.1	1.2	1.2	1.5	1.3	1.5	1.2
State and local, excluding education	4.1	4.2	3.8	1.4	1.4	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.

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Last Modified Date: September 29, 2026